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according to historical records, this had continuously been an important shrine from pre-christian times up to about 13 th century… these ancient buildings have been erected on two slightly elevated boulders…..the circular relic house on the top of one boulder, the religious buildings grouped around and the two adjacent ponds must have offered a breathtaking view in the days of yore…

archaeologists believe that the present circular relic house had been built on an earlier site where there had been stupa..the chronicle records that king kanithatissa ( 167-186 ac ) built a chapter house at medirigiriya in the second century….which suggests that there had been a monastery by then….

like many other shrine in sri lanka……this too had been devastated by south indian invaders in the tenth century as evidenced by the fact that king vijayabahu 1 had renovated some buildings here in the 11 th century…but in course of